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I burned myself on the soldering iron

December 5, 2014 By Øyvind Nydal Dahl Leave a Comment

A microcontroller chip on a finger
I was soldering the circuit for the last part of the microcontroller tutorial. And I burned myself on the soldering iron. Ouch!

But, I lived to tell the tale. Hopefully that taught me the lesson of being more careful, so that it will go another few months before I do it again.

I realized something when I was about to solder this circuit…

The microcontroller chip looked so little. And even though I have soldered this type of chip before – I started doubting if I could do it.

You might think I have all this super advanced equipment – but actually my equipment is very basic. Sometimes I have access to more advanced equipment, but usually I stick to my simple soldering iron – which is probably 40 years old or something.

(One of the reasons for this is because I like to explore what is possible for a hobbyist. And if I where using super advanced tools, I wouldn’t really know the struggles of the hobbyist. And also – those advanced tools can be pricey!)

I didn’t even have a smaller tip for my iron – though that would have made things much easier.

But anyway, as I was about to solder the chip, I started doubting if I could really do it. The pins looked really small.

I decided to give it a go anyway. And I made it! It wasn’t that hard.

It didn’t look that nice – but it worked.

So I guess the moral of the story is, like Nike says: Just Do It!

Give yourself time. Don’t rush it. And you will also be able to solder really tiny components using only a basic soldering iron.

You can learn more on the basics of soldering in my eBook «Getting Started With Electronics»:

https://www.build-electronic-circuits.com/products/getting-started-with-electronics-ebook

Keep on Soldering!
Oyvind

 

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